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Art Park “Nikola-Lenivets”
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Art, Entertainment, Travel
Nikola-Lenivets is located about 200 km from Moscow – in Kaluga region, on the banks of the river Ugra. Part of its territory belongs to the national park. It is open to creative experimentation and is constantly updated with new art objects.
It is the only in Russia art park with the landscape installations – land art objects made by the best Russian and foreign artists. Many of these objects have become iconic for contemporary art.
more objects of contemporary art
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“Epical Cats” of Painter Alexander Zavaly
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Art, Entertainment, Funny
Alexander Zavaly is a Russian painter, illustrator and stage designer with more than 500 works living in Gelendzhik (Krasnodar region). A lot of his works are included in the collections of national museums, private galleries, both in Russia and abroad.
We would like to present to you a series of his works named “Epical cats”. This series triggers mixed feelings in Russians. You can make your own opinion by looking at these pictures.
Tags: Krasnodar krai
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The Plane Painted in the Russian Folk Style Khokhloma
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Art, Culture, Photos
Earlier this year, Russia’s largest airline “Aeroflot” announced a contest “Paint the plane of Aeroflot.” The contest was announced in honor of the 90th anniversary of the company and it was open to everybody.
The winner of the contest was the project of Alexander Sosnovsky, who suggested to paint the plane in the style of Russian folk painting Khokhloma. You can see his design on the picture below.
first photos of repainted aircraft
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Exhibition “Welcome! Sochi 2014” banned by the authorities
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Art, Society
A few days ago, in Perm, the festival of arts “White Nights” started. An exhibition of Krasnoyarsk artist Vasily Slonov “Welcome! Sochi 2014” was one of the participants of the festival. A couple of days later, it was closed by the local authorities.
Officials found the exhibition Russophobian and defaming the Olympics in Sochi, said the organizer of the festival Marat Gelman. However, he said, the exhibition will be reopened in the independent cultural center “Rechnik” today.
More caricatures of the Sochi 2014 Olympics
Tags: Perm city · Sochi city · Sochi2014
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Soviet propaganda of May 1 – International Workers Day
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Art, History, Holidays
May 1 is a holiday in many countries around the world and is known as Labor and Spring Day in present Russia. In the USSR it was celebrated as International Workers Day.
May 1, 1886, socialist, communist and anarchist organizations in the U.S. and Canada staged a series of rallies and demonstrations. May 4, 1886, six people were killed when the police broke up one of these demonstrations in Chicago.
If you have worked well – you will have good rest
Tags: posters · propaganda · Soviet past
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Architectural museum reveals the secrets of Moscow buildings
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Art
The State Museum of Architecture named after A.V. Shchusev in Moscow begins advertising campaign. The main purpose is to tell people about this wonderful museum. Unique collections of the museum reflect thousand-year history of the architectural heritage of Russia.
The focus is on the key historic buildings, symbols of the city – St. Basil’s Cathedral on Red Square, the Bolshoi Theater, and the main building of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov.
Tags: Moscow city · museum
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Russian beauty in the paintings of Konstantin Makovsky
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Art, History, People
Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky (1839-1915) is a Russian artist. Many of his historical paintings show an idealized view of life in Russia in the past centuries.
The portrait genre took special place in the artist’s works. Largely thanks to it he achieved success by becoming a fashionable artist of his time.
His paintings are known for beautifully painted furnishings, clothes, expensive fabrics and furs. The artist tried to show portrayed in the most favorable light, while adhering to the exact similarity.
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Soviet cartoon parody of the American western
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Art, Culture, Video
“One cowboy, two cowboy” is a Soviet animated film released in 1981. Director: Anatoliy Reznikov. Screenwriter: Arkadiy Khait.
The main characters are a cowboy and his cow. It is one of the classic Soviet cartoons. Almost all children in the Soviet Union saw it.
Tags: cartoon · Soviet past
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Soviet movie posters in 1920ies
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Art, Entertainment, History
Soviet moviegoer in the 1920ies, during the NEP (the New Economic Policy), was able to watch a lot of not only Soviet, but also foreign films. As a rule, it was purely entertaining films, ideological films were not the biggest part of all the films, as it became later.
The movie posters of these years are of great interest. It was a continuous celebration of avant-gardism, endless experiment with colors, shapes, images. This flashy language of bright colors was coming into collision with the black-and-white world of the silver screen. Pictures by visualhistory
The Battleship Potemkin
Tags: posters · Soviet past
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140 years since the birth of Feodor Chaliapin
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Art, Music, Video
February 13, Russia marks 140 years since the birth of the great singer Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin, who became a symbol of an era.
Chaliapin, peasant family offspring, who studied music himself had an enormous influence on the Russian and world culture.
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